THOUGHT HE NEVER KNEW.
The other evening, when calling for a friend, I walked into tho house unannounced and was rather surprised to see my chum in the dining-room, reading aloud from a letter, while just back of him stood the Swedish hired girl with her hands clasped over his ears. Uoon my asking for an explanation, *the girl said: " Ay bane get a letter from my young man and ay not know how to read, so Mr Gant he read him for me." " But whv do you hold his earsP" I asked. " " Ay not like to hare mm hear what is in dot letter." she replied. " Let me introduce you to the most honest man T have ever known." " But mamma doesn't want roe to meet any poor young wi."
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 1125, 19 December 1914, Page 4
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